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The Man Who Knew Infinity

Synopsis

A true story of friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Ramanujan (Dev Patel), a self-taught Indian mathematics genius traveled to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he forged a bond with his mentor, the eccentric professor GH Hardy (Jeremy Irons), and fought to reveal his mathematic genius to the world.
Official Selection Toronto 2015 - Gala Presentations

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
114 mins
Director
Matthew Brown
Producer
Edward R. Pressman, Jim Young, Joe Thomas, Matthew Brown, Sofia Sondervan, Jon Katz
Executive Producer
Swati Bhise, Joseph N. Cohen, Gary Ellis, Pamela Godfrey, Phil Hunt, Mark Montgomery, Compton Ross, Manraj S. Sekhon, Shail Shah, Tristine Skyler, Min-Li Tan, Masaaki Tanaka, Richard Toussaint
Editor
JC Bond
Screenwriter
Matthew Brown (screenplay), Robert Kanigel (book)
Director of Photography
Larry Smith
Production Designer
Luciana Arrighi
Composer
Coby Brown
Principal cast
Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Devika Bhise, Stephen Fry, Toby Jones

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